morada

noun

mo·​ra·​da

məˈrädə

plural -s

: a meetinghouse or chapel of the Penitentes

knees growing numb on the stone floor of the morada

—R. V. Hunter

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Spanish, house, dwelling, from morar to live, dwell, from Latin morari to delay, remain

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